Terminalia catappa fruit pigments for dye sensitized solar cell applications
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https://doi.org/10.24297/jac.v12i27.6709Keywords:
Dye sensitized solar cells, Natural dyes, ZnO nanoparticlesAbstract
The dye sensitized solar cells have been assembled by using natural dye extracted from Terminalia catappa fruits. The photoelectrode for dye sensitized solar cell were prepared using green synthesized ZnO nanoparticles using doctor blade technique. The photoelectrode were sensitized using the extracted dyes. The fabricated solar cell exhibited short circuit current density of 4.9 mA and open circuit voltage of 0.472 V. The efficiency of the cell was found to be 1.58%. The photovoltaic performance of the constructed solar cell show good conversion efficiency. This indicates that Terminalia catappa fruit extracts can be used as an effective sensitizer.
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12. Kumar, P. Naresh, and K. Sakthivel. "PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LOW COST PRUSSIAN BLUE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL." Journal of Ovonic Research Vol 11.4 (2015): 169-173.
13. Shanmugam, Vinoth, et al. "Performance of dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated with extracts from fruits of ivy gourd and flowers of red frangipani as sensitizers." Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 104 (2013): 35-40.
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15. Dikshit, Madhurima, and Rupali Krishna Samudrasok. "Nutritional evaluation of outer fleshy coat of Termi nalia catappa fruit in two varieties." International journal of food sciences and nutrition 62.1 (2011): 47-51.
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2017-01-01
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Kumar, P. (2017). Terminalia catappa fruit pigments for dye sensitized solar cell applications. JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN CHEMISTRY, 12(27), 5809–5813. https://doi.org/10.24297/jac.v12i27.6709
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